Canada's Marino Advances At French Open

(CP) -- Canada's Rebecca Marino opened her French Open main draw with a 6-3, 6-3 victory Sunday over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.

The 62nd-ranked Vancouver native was making only her second appearance on any court at Roland Garros after losing a qualifying match a year ago.

“I'm very happy winning the match, it's probably my first win apart from juniors at Roland Garros,” said Marino. “I'm really pleased with how the match went today.

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“I don't think there was anything special I did today. I just felt I served really well, and that always helps me. I played pretty confidently.”

But Marino's start in Paris was a solid effort, with the 20-year-old never in troubles against her No. 113-ranked opponent. The match was only Marino's third at any Grand Slam after winning a round at last year's U.S. Open and again in Australia in January.

Marino reached the second round in just 57 minutes, striking four aces to the four double-faults of Bondarenko. The Canadian had 13 unforced errors and broke on four of her nine chances while saving the only break point she faced.